Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man by David Maurer

Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man



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ISBN: 9780385495387
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Page: 336


BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! This chapter offers a brief overview of the nature of con men and con games. Have you read The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man by David Maurer? The confidence game described by David W. Like a latterday yarb-doctor aboard the good ship Fidele, in 1999 Sante convinced Anchor Books they should republish David W. The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man by David Maurer. The two men play con artists who are inspired by the real-life con-game portrayed in the novel “The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Men.” “Scarface” Al Pacino stars in one of the most famous of the classic crime movies. Even as it was coming off the press in 1940, The Big Con was describing history. Ward, the story was inspired by real-life con games perpetrated by the brothers Fred and Charley Gondorff and documented by David Maurer in his book The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man. (Even their lingo is rich in clues, as documented in The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man , David Maurer's study of urban anthropology and terminology.) Our modern era is no exception. David Maurer, The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man. I ask questions, and listen to answers, for a living. Details the most effective cons of the early 1900′s and the men on both sides. The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man List Price: $14.00 ISBN13: 9780385495387 Condition: New Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man, David W. The Big Con : The Story of the Confidence Man (amazon, ORL) dates from 1940 and is a riveting look at the confidence racket from the turn of last century. The story was inspired by real-life con games documented in "The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man". Chapter 1 of David Maurer's “The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man” (TBC) is entitled “A Word About Confidence Men”.

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